Either/Or Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Either/Or Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Either/Or : Chapter 11, Equilibrium - Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author how does philosophy view history?
(a) Philosophy sees history under the category of necessity.
(b) Philosophy sees history under the category of freedom.
(c) Philosophy sees history under the category of meteorology.
(d) Philosophy sees history under the category of mathematics.

2. What one word does the author say can describe love?
(a) It is immediate.
(b) It is excruciating.
(c) It is futile.
(d) It is light.

3. How does the author describe a couple's connection in a marriage of convenience?
(a) The connection is sexy and suffocating.
(b) The connection is moral but shallow.
(c) The connection is safe but unrewarding.
(d) The connection is immoral and fragile.

4. What happens to the person who profits by being secretive according to the author?
(a) He is always tortured.
(b) He always wins.
(c) He always comes in third.
(d) He always loses.

5. What does the author say art and poetry do for us?
(a) Art and poetry torture us with their beauty.
(b) Art and poetry delight us in the moment of consummation.
(c) Art and poetry bore most of us to tears.
(d) Art and poetry amaze us with the complexity of their construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What capacity of the soul does the author say is missing in the young man?

2. What does the author say is the young man's position in relation to philosophy?

3. Why must a captain of a ship make swift decisions about direction changes?

4. What is David unable to appreciate about the parable?

5. How does the concept the author mentions act on him?

(see the answer key)

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